| Computer Code: |
DELB |
Preferred Map Code: |
DELB |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Pendleian Substage (CE)
— Pendleian Substage (CE) |
| Lithological Description: |
Parrot coal : 6.5 cm - blackband ironstone : 17.5 cm - coal 5 cm. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable. |
| Thickness: |
29 cm. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Not defined. |
| Parent Unit: |
Limestone Coal Formation (LSC)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Borehole NS88SW/20. Depth of seam 181.9 metres. |
| Reference(s): |
| Macgregor, M, Lee, G W, and Wilson, G V. 1920. Special Report on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain: The Iron Ores of Scotland. Memoir of the Geological Survey, Scotland, 100-101. |
| Dinham C H, and Haldane D. 1932. The Economic Geology of the Stirling and Clackmannan Coalfield. Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S031
S031
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